Hymns from Nineveh Under the Sun song lyrics

Oh, what a fool I am,

when I confuse the sum of my belongings

with the amount of my happiness.

Fool!

Could you only have such a thing

as happiness,

no man could ever have such wealth.

Oh, what a fool I was,

when I thought getting what I longed for

would make me want no more.

Fool!

Could you only long for no more,

no man would ever want more.

So I make a list of unownable things

that make me happy.

I write:

You

The sea

The sun

The trees

The birds

The sky

The time I have left with you under the sun